{"id":454570,"date":"2026-01-11T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=454570"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:02:11","slug":"somalias-upper-house-passes-national-payment-system-bill-receives-briefing-on-worsening-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalias-upper-house-passes-national-payment-system-bill-receives-briefing-on-worsening-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia\u2019s Upper House Passes National Payment System Bill, Receives Briefing on Worsening Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 The Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament if the Federal Republic of Somalia, Senator Cabdi Xaashi Cabdullaahi, accompanied by the Second Deputy Speaker, Senator Cabdullaahi Cali Xirsi \u201cTimacadde,\u201d on Monday presided over the 14th session of the House\u2019s 7th sitting.<\/p>\n

The session\u2019s agenda included the third reading of the National Payment System Bill and a briefing on the country\u2019s drought situation delivered by the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA).<\/p>\n

At the outset, the Deputy Chairperson of the Upper House Finance Committee, Senator Ibraahim Awgab Cismaan, presented the report on the bill\u2019s third reading, outlining how the committee incorporated views and recommendations previously submitted by senators. Following deliberations, the bill was put to a vote and passed by an overwhelming majority, with 28 senators voting in favor and no votes against or abstentions.<\/p>\n

In the second agenda item, NDMA Chairman Mahmoud Moallim Abdulle delivered a detailed briefing on the worsening drought across the country, noting its severe impact on livelihoods, particularly in rural areas. He emphasized the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, prompting senators to question the scope of the crisis, the hardest-hit regions, and the agency\u2019s preparedness for emergency response.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation today is not normal, and the country is not in a normal state,\u201d the NDMA chairman said. \u201cOur people are suffering due to climate change and multiple compounding challenges. More than 4.7 million people are facing extremely severe drought conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Upper House underscored the need for coordinated national and international efforts to address the humanitarian emergency as the drought continues to deepen.<\/p>\n

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Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 The Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament if the Federal Republic of Somalia, Senator Cabdi Xaashi Cabdullaahi, accompanied by the Second Deputy Speaker, Senator Cabdullaahi Cali Xirsi \u201cTimacadde,\u201d on Monday presided over the 14th session of the House\u2019s 7th sitting. The session\u2019s agenda included the third reading of the National Payment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":454571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-454570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454572,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454570\/revisions\/454572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}